But you also hear of the people who work their butt off and can’t get promoted because union rules say promotions happen on tenure not tenure.
And of unions where the ceo and union president are golf buddies and they negotiate oh so very hard to get raises that don’t even match inflation.
There’s good and bad in both worlds. Ultimately the best defense you can have as a worker is to have in-demand skills and to think of employment as a business contract.